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Kaaba Mecca is a sacred building that is located in the middle of the Grand Mosque of the City of Mecca. Its existence is used as a center for prayers for all Muslims in the world. The history of the establishment of the Kaaba Mecca basically has a variety of different versions of the story. Know who the founder of the following Kaaba.
In fact, the Kaaba is also used as a religious destination by Muslims, namely to worship Umrah and Hajj. But actually what is the history of the establishment of the Kaaba from time to time? The following discussion.
When discussing related to the history of the Kaaba Mecca , basically 3 different versions will be found about the initial process of its establishment. The story and history related to its establishment has also been contained in the Koran and Hadith.
Starting from the history of the establishment by angels to the history of the establishment by the Prophet Ibrahim and Ismail we will give an explanation. The explanation about the history of the establishment of the Kaaba in the city of Mecca, namely:
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The history of the first version that you can learn is its establishment built by angels. This history has been written by Ali Husni Al-Kharbuthi. In the history of the Ali Husni Al-Kharbuthi version, it was stated that the Kaaba Mecca was founded by angels.
Not without guidelines, but this has been listed in the Al-Surah Al-Baqarah. The history of its establishment is begins with Allah SWT. who want to create humans on earth and as caliphs on earth.
But at that time it began to be questioned by angels. Angels are worried that later humanity will only damage and be chaotic. Then Allah SWT issued his word contained in the QS. Al-Baqarah (30).
The meaning of the surah, namely that God is the most knowing all things that cannot be known by anyone. Then at that time angels began to ask for forgiveness to God while surrounding Arsy.
Then thanks to the grace of Allah SWT, the Bait al-Makmur was created which was located under Arsy. Then, the angels will be asked to build a miniature of the al-Makmur bait on earth while ordering angels to be berthawaf.
The history of of Mecca Kaaba is to mention that the Kaaba was built by the Prophet Adam. Through the angel Jibril, the Prophet Adam was ordered to build a Kaaba building that was still very awake.
After the building was erected according to orders, then Allah SWT ordered Adam and Eve to run tawaf. When the Prophet Ibrahim had arrived, the building that had been established was renovated or made with a higher foundation.
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The history of the next establishment of the Mecca Kaaba was founded by the Prophet Ibrahim and the Prophet Ismail. From the two historical versions of the establishment above, for the history of this version it was more agreed upon by historians.
In this version it is stated that the establishment of the Kaaba was carried out by the Prophet Ibrahim along with his son, Ismail. In this case refers to one of the surah in the Koran, Al-Baqarah verse 127.
In that verse explains that the Kaaba building has existed since before the presence of the Prophet Ibrahim. But some historians say that before it was founded by the Prophet Ibrahim, the place in Mecca was only in the form of high red land.
The place is usually used by amaliq to perform worship before their people are destroyed. At that time, the Prophet Ibrahim received a revelation from Allah SWT to build Baitullah on earth.
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In this construction, the Prophet Ibrahim was assisted by his son to build the Mecca Kaaba from the stone arrangement. Both of them at that time shared their duties, namely the Prophet Ibrahim arranged his stones, while his son helped bring stones to be arranged.
For the Kaaba building that was successfully built by the Prophet Ibrahim and his son, it has a height of 9 cubits. As for the length if calculated from Hajar Aswad - Pillars of Syami are 32 cubits. The intended pillars have another meaning, namely angle or corner.
Then, after the Prophet Ibrahim and his son finished building the Kaaba, then offered a prayer and a request to Allah SWT so that his charity was accepted.
In addition, the Prophet Ibrahim and Ismail also prayed that his children and grandchildren could become obedient to Allah SWT. In fact, the Prophet Ibrahim at that time also asked Allah SWT about the procedures for carrying out the pilgrimage in the Holy Land of the Kaaba Mecca .
The history of the establishment of the Kaaba Mecca basically has a variety of different versions of the story. Know who the founder of the following Kaaba.
